Acute rupture of a thin cap fibroatheroma: value of multimodality imaging

Eur Heart J. 2015 Apr 21;36(16):1001. doi: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv020. Epub 2015 Feb 10.

Authors

Roland Klingenberg¹, Robert Manka², Tim Finkenstädt³, Thomas F Lüscher⁴, Jasmina Alibegovic⁴, Hatem Alkadhi³

Affiliations

¹ Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland [email protected].
² Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
³ Institute of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, University Hospital Zurich, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.
⁴ Department of Cardiology, University Heart Center, University Hospital Zurich, Rämistrasse 100, CH-8091 Zurich, Switzerland.

PMID: 25673331
DOI: 10.1093/eurheartj/ehv020

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MeSH terms

Adult
Angina Pectoris / etiology
Coronary Stenosis / diagnosis
Coronary Thrombosis / diagnosis
Diagnosis, Differential
Echocardiography
Humans
Magnetic Resonance Angiography
Male
Multimodal Imaging
Myocardial Ischemia / etiology*
Myocarditis / diagnosis
Plaque, Atherosclerotic / diagnosis*
Recurrence
Rupture, Spontaneous
Tomography, Optical Coherence
Tomography, X-Ray Computed